Orientation is Over

I drank frog juice after watching the frog being skinned, guts pulled out, boiled, and blended with some other sketch substances. Yes, people, I drank it. It tasted like throw-up. :-)

I don't even know what to tell you, because I feel like there has been so much going on. We had preaching pretty much all day the last two days. It was good for the most part, but hard to sit in a seat for so long when all you want to do is get to the field. Chris and Stephanie, I can't even imagine what you're going through!

I have oriented myself pretty well in Lima and, while my Spanish is still not nearly good enough, I feel a bit more comfortable using it even if I'm wrong. We will be staying in a local hostel the next week as my team prepares to go to 8 different villages in 8.5 weeks. That should be interesting. (We are traveling all over Peru pretty much, which I am way excited about!) Also, I have taken two showers so far- one was freezing and stopped halfway through while my hair had shampoo in it. My other shower was scalding hot and stopped halfway through while I had shampoo in my hair. SO... I have decided that showers are definitely optional. :-)

Yesterday, after orientation was over, we went over to Mike and Kathy weaver's house (the head missionaries here) for Thanksgiving dinner because it is fall here, which means Thanksgiving time! It was so good! Best sweet potatoes I've ever had! Then, we went to the 11pm showing of Pirates of the Caribbean 3- it was good but very long. :-) (All the Creative Ministry boys slept through it!)

Our team is getting along really well so far! We have claimed the "weird drama kids," although I don't know how I feel about that. One more thing, we have one more member on our team, which we found out about when we got here. His name is Brian Tropiano and he is a photographer. I'm going to try to get his website so you can see pics. Also, look at Lindsay and John's sites (linked to my page) for pictures.

Adrian Maddox- there is a girl on one of the teams here who's name is Audra who acts and looks so much like you. It makes me happy!

Mommy, Daddy, and Kelli- I'm sorry I haven't called yet- we still haven't found calling cards. I WILL call eventually! (I still love you though!)

Maddox family- I miss you tons too!

Davey, you know I miss you like infinity times a bajillion.

Everyone else, I'm so thankful to be able to say that I have such great prayer partners! Please send me your requests as well! The CMT will continue to pray for requests from our partners back home.

You are blessings! Vaya con Dios.

~Kathy